Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2016-10173 (CCN-127042)

Assigned:2017-02-01
Published:2017-02-01
Updated:2017-12-09
Summary:Directory traversal vulnerability in the minitar before 0.6 and archive-tar-minitar 0.5.2 gems for Ruby allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a TAR archive entry.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.5 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
6.5 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): None
5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
4.6 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Type:CWE-22
Vulnerability Consequences:Obtain Information
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2016-10173

Source: DEBIAN
Type: UNKNOWN
DSA-3778

Source: CCN
Type: oss-sec Mailing List, Tue, 24 Jan 2017 12:15:48
CVE request: rubygem minitar: directory traversal vulnerability

Source: MLIST
Type: Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[oss-security] 20170124 CVE request: rubygem minitar: directory traversal vulnerability

Source: MLIST
Type: Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[oss-security] 20170129 Re: CVE request: rubygem minitar: directory traversal vulnerability

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
95874

Source: CCN
Type: BID-95874
RubyGems minitar and archive-tar-minitar CVE-2016-10173 Local Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
minitar-cve201610173-dir-traversal(127042)

Source: CCN
Type: minitar GIT Repository
Resolve relative path vulnerability

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/commit/e25205ecbb6277ae8a3df1e6a306d7ed4458b6e4

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/issues/16

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-10173

Source: GENTOO
Type: UNKNOWN
GLSA-201702-32

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:minitar:archive-tar-minitar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 0.5.2)
  • OR cpe:/a:minitar:minitar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 0.5.4)

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:minitar:minitar:0.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:minitar:archive-tar-minitar:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:201610173
    V
    		CVE-2016-10173
    2022-06-30
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:113392
    P
    		ruby2.7-rubygem-minitar-0.9-1.4 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-01-17
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:113385
    P
    		ruby2.7-rubygem-archive-tar-minitar-0.5.2-9.23 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-01-17
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:106792
    P
    		ruby2.7-rubygem-archive-tar-minitar-0.5.2-9.23 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-10-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:106798
    P
    		ruby2.7-rubygem-minitar-0.9-1.4 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-10-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20649
    P
    		Security update for rubygem-archive-tar-minitar (Moderate)
    2021-01-13
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49120
    P
    		Security update for rubygem-archive-tar-minitar (Moderate)
    2021-01-13
    oval:org.cisecurity:def:1806
    P
    		DSA-3778-1 -- ruby-archive-tar-minitar -- security update
    2017-03-03
    oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:201610173000
    V
    		CVE-2016-10173 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.
    2017-02-01
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:201610173000
    V
    		CVE-2016-10173 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
    2017-02-01
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:2016101730000000
    V
    		CVE-2016-10173 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
    2017-02-01
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201610173000
    V
    		CVE-2016-10173 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2017-02-01
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201610173000
    V
    		CVE-2016-10173 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2017-02-01
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:2016101730000000
    V
    		CVE-2016-10173 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
    2017-02-01
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201610173000
    V
    		CVE-2016-10173 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
    2017-02-01
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2016101730000000
    V
    		CVE-2016-10173 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2017-02-01
    oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:201610173000
    V
    		CVE-2016-10173 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.
    2017-02-01
    BACK
    minitar archive-tar-minitar *
    minitar minitar *
    minitar minitar 0.5.4
    minitar archive-tar-minitar 0.5.2